Key facts
- Planet
- Moon
- Symbol
- Chariot, crescent moon
- Day
- Monday ( dies Lunae )
- Temples
- Aventine Hill , Palatine Hill
- Siblings
- Sol , Aurora
- Greek
- Selene
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- Luna (mythology)
- name in native language
- Luna
- nickname
- siderum regina bicornis
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In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Luna (Latin: Lūna [ˈluːna]) is the divine embodiment of the Moon. She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun, Sol, conceived of as a god. Luna is also sometimes represented as an aspect of the Roman triple goddess (diva triformis), along with Diana and either Proserpina or Hecate. Luna is not always a distinct goddess, but sometimes rather an epithet that specializes a goddess, since both Diana and Juno are identified as moon goddesses.
In Roman art, Luna attributes are the crescent moon plus the two-yoke chariot (biga). In the Carmen Saeculare, performed in 17 BC, Horace invokes her as the "two-horned queen of the stars" (siderum regina bicornis), bidding her to listen to the girls singing as Apollo listens to the boys.